About Kakan Village

Kakan is a small village in Madanpur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 251 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Madanpur
Pincode	824103
Area (hectares)	58 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	251
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakan compares

By the 2011 count Kakan is the 96th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Kakan

Kakan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kakan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kakan from other places

Kakan lies about 20 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 9.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kakan
Tehsil headquarters	Madanpur	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	9.4 km
Nearest town	Rafiganj	11 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	20 km

Villages closest to Kakan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madanpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kakan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakan village had a population of 492. That makes it the 96th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents.

Kakan village has 251 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakan has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Kakan is 824103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakan covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kakan falls under Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kakan is Dev Road Halt, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kakan.

Kakan is about 20 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakan is in Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Madanpur is about 9.3 km away. Dev Road Halt is about 9.4 km away. Rafiganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.